Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

इत्यादि बहुधा प्रोच्य तत्तद्वाक्यं ततस्ततः । सत्यव्रतस्ततः प्राह नंदभद्रं कृपान्वितः

Transliteration

ityādi bahudhā procya tattadvākyaṃ tatastataḥ | satyavratastataḥ prāha naṃdabhadraṃ kṛpānvitaḥ

Translation

یوں وہ طرح طرح سے کہہ کر اور وہی دلیلیں بار بار دہرا کر، ستیہ ورت کرپا سے بھر کر پھر نندبھدر سے مخاطب ہوا۔

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• ādi: and so on
• ādi: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘आदि’ = beginning etc. (used adverbially with iti)

• bahudhā: in many ways
• bahudhā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahudhā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• procya: having spoken
• procya: Kriyā (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘प्रोच्य’ = having said/after saying

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• tad: that (respective)
• tad: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (reduplicative emphasis)

• vākyaṃ: statement/speech
• vākyaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tatas: then/from there
• tatas: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोगः (ablatival adverb)

• tataḥ: again then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः (repetition for emphasis)

• satyavrataḥ: Satyavrata
• satyavrataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satyavrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• naṃdabhadraṃ: Nandabhadra
• naṃdabhadraṃ: Karma (Addressee/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naṃdabhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे कर्म (addressee as object)

• kṛpānvitaḥ: compassionate
• kṛpānvitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛpā+anvita (प्रातिपदिक; ‘anvita’ from anu+i (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कृपया अन्वितः = endowed with compassion)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two ascetic or noble figures seated in a quiet hermitage setting; Satyavrata, compassionate, turns toward Nandabhadra after repeated reasoning, preparing to disclose a significant teaching.

Characters & Entities

• Satyavrata
• Nandabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassionate guidance is offered when faith is shaken; dharma is preserved through wise counsel and empathy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred geography is identified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces Satyavrata’s forthcoming instruction.